Every week
Weekly Pool Service
The same eleven steps every week: chemistry, equipment, filter, skim, vacuum, brush, baskets.
Chapter 01
What slips between weekly visits
A pool does not stay clean on its own for seven days. Leaves and grit settle in the skimmer baskets and the pump basket, and once those fill, the water stops moving the way the system was set up to move it. Walls pick up a film that a vacuum alone will not lift, and the floor gathers whatever the surface skimming missed.
The chemistry drifts too, quietly. Sun, swimmers and a week of ordinary use all nudge the balance, and a pool that was fine on Monday can be a different pool by the following Monday. Nobody notices the first day it goes off. They notice when the water turns cloudy.
Weekly service exists to catch all of that before it becomes a problem. Zach, a certified swimming pool technician working La Jolla pools and spas, treats the week as the unit of care: whatever built up since the last visit gets dealt with, in the same order, every time.
A wall brush and leaf net resting on sandstone coping beside a clear pool, skimmer lid open
Eleven steps, in the same order
Zach publishes his whole visit, and it starts with the water. Step one is to “check chemical balance of pool,” so he knows what the week did before he touches anything. Then he will “turn on and examine equipment,” and, where there is a salt system, “clean salt system cell if applicable, and on an as-needed basis.” If the pool has a D.E. filter, he will “recharge the D.E. filter with diatomaceous earth, if applicable.”
The cleaning comes next, and it follows a sensible path: “skim pool surface and vacuum,” then “brush pool walls,” then “examine and adjust auto cleaning system.” After that he will “empty skimmer baskets,” so the water has a clear path back to the pump.
The last three steps put the equipment right and finish the job. He will “adjust and maintain equipment: backwash & empty pump basket,” then “lubricate o-rings, unclog impellers, and/or adjust valves.” Only then does he “implement chemicals.” Chemistry is checked first and added last, so what goes into the water is based on a pool that has just been cleaned and circulated.
Chapter 03
After the visit, and between visits
What you should see when Zach is done is plain: a clean pool, clear water, and a filter that has been looked after. Janine Haft, in a Google review, put it this way: “The pool is left so clean, the water is clear, and the filter is cleaned out well.” She also wrote that the service is “always on time each week.”
If something changes between visits, say so. Water that looks different, a pump that sounds different, a skimmer that has stopped drawing: tell Zach and he can look at it on his next stop. Call (619) 678-2240 Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, or write to zach@zachspools.com.
Zach is a certified swimming pool technician, License # T5450, with a Google rating of 4.5 from 2 reviews. To set up weekly service for your La Jolla pool or spa, call (619) 678-2240.
Weekly visits cover the pool and the spa beside it, and they lean on the same work described under water chemistry and pool and spa repairs. If you are ready to start, you can request service from Zach.